May 05, 1993
102 min
Full-HD

Sharpe's Rifles (1993)

During the Peninsular War in Spain against the French, Sergeant Richard Sharpe saves the life of Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington and is promoted to Lieutenant. In order to pay the troops Wellesley needs a money draft from the banker Rothschild, but fears he has been captured by the French and sends Sharpe behind enemy lines to find him. Sharpe is given command of a platoon of crack riflemen, led by the surly Irishman Harper and including Hagman and Harris, who resent Sharpe as not being a 'proper officer'.

Category

War Adventure TV Movie

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

Celtic Films Entertainment Central Picture Palace

Sean Bean

Richard Sharpe

Brian Cox

Major Michael Hogan

Daragh O'Malley

Patrick Harper

Assumpta Serna

Comandante Teresa Moreno

David Troughton

Sir Arthur Wellesley

John Tams

Rifleman Daniel Hagman

Jason Salkey

Rifleman Harris

Michael Mears

Rifleman Francis Cooper

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